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Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...
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Marburg virus disease is like its close cousin Ebola, but worse. It can have a mortality rate as high as 80% and, unlike at least one strain of Ebola, we do not have an approved vaccine or ...
Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment, originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily ...
Health Deadly outbreak of Marburg, or ‘bleeding eye virus,’ leads to travel advisory Get the latest update on the Ebola-like virus, which has infected dozens and killed 15 in Rwanda ...
Health officials have issued a global alert as Marburg, Mpox, and Oropouche viruses spread across 17 countries. The Marburg virus, dubbed the “bleeding eyes” virus, has killed 15 people in Rwanda, ...
GABRIELLA EMANUEL, BYLINE: A little over a month ago, Rwandan officials announced the country's first Marburg outbreak. It's a nasty disease, a cousin to ebola, and the fatality rate can be as ...
The Marburg virus is notable for its very high fatality rate. But in the current Marburg outbreak, in Rwanda, the fatality rate is far lower than normal. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: ...
EMANUEL: In order to understand why critical care is so important, Daniel Bausch of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says, you have to look at past Marburg outbreaks. He cared for ...
Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill. Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhea, vomiting and, in some cases, death through extreme blood loss.
Since Rwanda ’s first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak was declared on 27 September, tourists headed for the country in central Africa may have heightened concerns about the safety of their ...
The New Times looks at what is known - from confirmed cases, fatalities, recoveries, vaccination, among other things - since the day Rwanda confirmed its first ever Marburg virus outbreak. Cases ...